Narges Mohammadi Calls for Review of Her Case by the Parliament's Article 90 Commission

In a letter to members of Parliament, Narges Mohammadi expressed gratitude for their efforts to reconsider her case and requested that her case be reviewed by the Article 90 Commission of the Parliament. Narges Mohammadi, the Vice President and spokesperson of the Human Rights Defenders Center, is currently serving a 16-year prison sentence. In her open letter to the representatives, she called for her case to be examined by the Article 90 Commission so that her sentence could be judged by public opinion. A group of Parliament members expressed concern about her health and criticized her 16-year sentence in a letter to Sadegh Larijani, the head of the judiciary, but this letter was met with a strong reaction from Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, the Attorney General, who referred to 'foreign claimants and human rights activists and their supporters' as two sides of a 'malevolent triangle,' with the third side being the JCPOA (nuclear deal). Montazeri stated that representatives should review the status of the cases of those they support before writing letters in their favor. In response to these remarks, 17 members of Parliament wrote another letter to the Attorney General, requesting explanations from the judiciary regarding Narges Mohammadi's 16-year sentence so that public opinion could also judge this ruling. Now, in her letter, Narges Mohammadi expressed happiness that the voices of the representatives of the 'nation' are being heard from the 'House of the Nation,' stating that 'it has been a while since it has reached the ears of the owners of the house, a house that echoes the voices of Mossadegh and Modarres.' Narges Mohammadi wrote that if the judiciary does not address her case, she asks the representatives to review this case in the Article 90 Commission, as she believes that 'the power of public opinion is superior to the power of rulers.'